Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-08-27
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Blood will tell, when ii is kept pure
We have no doubt men are all the better
from having a good anc .stry. but if they
allow themselves "a become corrupt their
blue blood is of no avail. Among the no.
biity of England the late Lord Shaft>bury
and the present Earl of Aberdeen. who re-
Gently visited this country, are
honored representatives of the bat
ter class of Elgand'> titled people. An
other representative Of this class was the
Hon. Ion Keith + ilcon-r. who died in
lith of May last. Mr.. X ith-Falconer. who
was only thirty-one years of age, having
been born in 1850. was of pure Scotch
blOHd, and has relatives in the Keith AMI
Falconer families of America. both OF
which families are repre- sented in this city.
He cultivated muscle as well as brain. for
although he very soon aft.r entering Trim
ity college at Cambridge. gained great dis
tinction in Hebrew and Arabic. and secured
the honorable positions of Tyrwhitt scholar
lecturer at Clare college. and Lord Al
moner's reader in Arabic" Published several
Important tranSlatiOnS from the religious
literature of the East. contributed to the
Encyclopedia BRITANNICA" and quite re-
cently-in October last-delivered three
striking lectures upon the pilgrimage to
Mecca" he was very prominently before
the public as an athlete. becoming the
champion bicyclist, or wheelman, of Eng
land
Mr.. Keith FalcOner was the son of the
late Earl Of Kintore. He was Scotch,
Free church Presbyterian. and at Cam
bridge maintained pure snd devoted char
acter. and at the same time that he was cui-
tivating his mu >cIe he became strongly inter
eSted in active Christian work. Ultimately
his love of the literature of Arabia took the
shape of personal concern in the evangeli-
Zati0n of that region, anI a few years ago
he and his young wife "a daughter Of Mr..
X. c. Bevan. Al eminent bankerl were led
to consecrate themselves and then resources
to the cause Of pi--sions. He volunteered
HE services, free of charge. to the Free
Church Foreign committee. offering also to
provide the salary Of a medical mis-
siOnary. with the special purpose OF
establishing a Christian center in Yer
man, with Alden as base. The offer
was cordially accepted, and after vale
dctory meetings held in various parts OF
Scotland, they began operations in N"vem-
Der last on site provided BY the govern
ment. The dispensary was soon crowded
with patients. and Mr.. keith-Falconer Gu
gagged in a successful tour for the preaching
OF the Gospel and the circulation of the
Scriptures in many of the Arabian villages
But the divine hand. revealed so often in
the bIighting the brightest hopes, bade him
pause in his career ere few months had |
passed. Laid low in February by repeated
attacks of fever. he gave too little heed to
the urgency of advisers that he should go
home 10 recruit; and the news of his death !
is heavy and unexpected blow both to his |
friends and to the missionary caus-.
We are indebted to the Rev. Dr. W. c. |
Faiconer, OF this city, for a copy of the
U,Scrrcr. of Baltimore. and !
for the copy of a letter recently printed i'll |
The United Presbyterian MIgdzinc. from |
which We giean the facts produced in the |
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